Refuse-receptacle holder



Augq 4, 1925. f 1,548,692

A. T. WANNENWETSCH I REFUSE RECEPTACLE HOLDER l A Filed Jply 24, 1922JHMI |I-' JMLL' .I||"' u W 1 JH-ornegs To all whom Et my concern:

Patente-d Aug. `4, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. s

. ANDREW r, WANNENWETscI-n or HAMBURG, NEW Yoan.

REFUSE-RECEPTACLE HOLDER.

Application filed .Tuly 24, 1922. Serial No. 577,030. 7

Be it known that I, ANDREW ,T. WAN- NENWETSGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,

residing at Hamburg, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Refuse-Receptacle Holders,ofiwhich the following is a specification.. j

j This invention relates to means for supporting a refuse receptacle sothat the same when not in use may be stowed away un-J derneath the drainboard of'a kitchen sink or withdrawn from underneath the same whenrefuse is to be placed therein.

It. is the purpose of this invention to provide simple, convenient andinexpensive means whereby arefuse receptacle may be Vthus mounted on theunderside of a drain board or elsewhere.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective viewof a drain board and sink equipped with my improved receptaclev holderand showing the refuse receptacle swung out into its receiving position.F gure2 is a front elevation of the same, partly'in section, and showingthe refuse receptacle swung underneath the drain board. Figure 3 is ahorizontal section takenon line 4 3, Fig. 2, looking downwardly. Flguret Vis a similar view taken on the same line,

looking upwardly. Figures yf5 and- 6 are fragmentarylvertical sectionsvtaken on lines 5 5 and 6-6, Fig. 3.. Figure7 is a fragmentary verticaltransverse section showing suitable means for attaching the refusereceptacle holder to a drainboard made .of

cast metal. Figure 8 is a similar view showing a modified. construction'of the refusey on the sink and drain board, a horizontally swingingcarrier mounted on the bracket and adapted to support the refuse recep-`tacle 13 which latter preferably consists f a metal pail, and Aa lidpivotally 'mounted onthe carrier and adapted to cover and uncover the'top of the pail.

construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 is secured to the underside ofthe wooden drain board adjacent to the ,front edge thereof by means ofscrews 15,'and a retaining arm 16 extending transversely inward andlengthwise toward the sink'and having its *innen end arranged betweenthe transverse v end wall 11 of the `sink and the underside of the tailend ofthe drain board, thereby-preventing the bracket from sagging orgetting out of place and insuring main- The bracket preferably comprisesa horiz-j Zontal longitudinal bar 14 which, in .the

tenance of the refuse receptacle in its prop-A er position regardlessofthe weight of its contents.

The carrier comprises an annular band or ring 17 of metal which isprovided on one side with a laterally projecting arm `18 which ispivoted to the underside of the bracket by an eye 19 -arranged on thelouter end of the arm and turning on a pin 2() depending from thesupporting bar 14 adjacent to one end thereof which pin has a head 21 atits lower end for confining the eye thereon. In the preferred formof.

the ring 17, the same is split and its ends .are spaced apart to form alocking notch or recess 22 therebetween, as sho-wn inF-ig.

3. The arm 18andeyeg19 4are preferably.f2-ff;

constructed of a piece of band iron which, is doubled upon itself andhas opposite ends constructed to form laterally projecting lugs 31 onthis arm which are secured to the ends of the ring 17 by rivets-24, asshown or by other suitable means.' V

ai On this ring is detachably mounted al.y

housing or casing which receives and encloses the refuse receptacle.l-This ca'sing comprises a circular wall or body 25 ladapt-4 ed to passdown through the ring and having an external bead 26 at its upper edgewhich rests on s,aidring and a bottom 27 Y at its lower;` edge,v and alid 28"piv'otally lconnected on one' part of its rim by a hinge 29 with.the upper edge ofthe wall 25, so

the body of the casing. Y l j The refuse receptacle 13. 1sy ada tedto bearranged within, this casing an may be paratory to emptying thereceptacle upon as to be capable ofswinging into an open... and closedposition relative to the topyot',

placed therein or removedtherefrom preboard, vas shown in Fig. 2.

raising the lid of the casing. The casing may be removed from thecarrier, and the receptacle removed from the casing to permit ofthoroughly cleansing the same.

n Upon swinging the carrier together with the casing and receptacle fromunderneath the drain board, the receptacle is accessible for depositingrefuse in the same and upon swinging these parts underneath the drainboard, they are out of the tvay.

The carrier Ais preferably 4pivoted so close to the underside of thedrain board that the lid of the casing must be closed in order to permitthe casing to pass underneath the drain board and thesame must be movedfully from underneath the drain board before the lid can be opened. Thecarrier for this purpose is preferably provided on its ring with ahandle 3() whereby the same may be manipulated.

The hinge connecting the body and lid of the casing should preferably bearranged on the rear side of these parts so as to render the interior ofthe same `conveniently accessible from the front side. In order toinsure retaining the casing always in this position, the upper part ofthe body of the casing is provided with a laterally project-l inglocking pin 23 which engages removably with the locking notch 22 in thecarrier ring, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.

In order to assist in supporting the car-r rier and hold the casingcloseto the underside of the drain board when the casing, re-

ceptacle and carrier are swung underneath the drain board, a liftingdevice is provided consisting preferably of a hook arrangedon thesupporting bar and having an upright back 32 forming a stop which isengaged by the arm of the carrier and limits the backwardfmovement ofthe carrier underneath the drain board, and a lower inclinedl lug 33which engages with the underside of this arm and serves to support thesamev when the carrier is underneath the` drain Means are 'provided forautomatically opening the lid of the casing when swinging the latterforwardly from'underneath the drain board and closing the same uponswingingl the same backwardly underneath the drain board. The preferredmeans for` openin the lid shown in the drawings consists o a spring 34surrounding the pintle of the hinge 29 and having its opposite endsconnected with the body and lid of the receptacle, as shown in Figs. 3and 5,; this .spring operating to raise said lid into an open positionwhen the same swings forwardly clear of the drain board. The auto;-

erably consisting of a closing leaf spring i 35 bowed upwardly andarranged across the top of the lid and secured at one end thereto insuch a position that upon moving the lid rearwardly, the upwardly bowedpart of the closing spring engages the supporting bar and graduallyshuts the lid over the body of the casing.

The several parts of this holder are so constructed that the same may bereversed in order to permit of using the same in connection with drainboards arranged either on the left or the right hand side of the sink.

In ,the case of a metal drainboard 36 having a depending mar inal flange37, the supporting bar 14 of the racket is provided with one or moreclam s 38 for securing this bar to said flange, eac of said clamps ha"-ing an outer jaw 39 lined with felt and engaging the outer side of thedrain board ang'e and an inner screw 40 engaging the inner side of thisflange, as `shown in Fig. 7.

If desired, the body and bottom of the casing may be omitted in whichinstance the bead of they refuse receptacle rests directly on the ringof the carrier and the lid 42 is connected with one leaf 41 of a hingewhile the other leaf 43 of the latter is detachably seated in a verticalsocket 44 on the supporting ring, as shown in Fi 8. i

This holder permits o? readily disposing of kitchen refuse whileDengagedin cooking and storing the same in a space which 0rdinarily is not usedfor any other purpose. Furthermore, the same i's so constructed that therefuse when stored is under oover so as saidreceptacle, andastop on saidbracketV adapted to be engaged by said arm for lim-V iting the rearwardmovement of said carrier and provided at its lower end with an inclinedllug which is adapted to engage the underside of said arm and lift'thecarrier.

ANDREW T. WANNENWETSCH.

